This post was most recently updated on July 6th, 2018 Homeschool has been a wonderful experience for our family. In fact, we love the flexibility it offers, and the opportunity for each of my four children to learn at their own pace. Every homeschool family is different, of course. The truth is, there are so many ways to go about teaching your kids at home. But something almost all of us have in common. We Continue Reading
This second post in my Organized and Orderly series involves an area that I want to become much more organized and orderly: home school. We have four children ranging from Pre-K to high school Sophomore, so home school can be very overwhelming for me sometimes. I decided that becoming more organized and orderly in lesson planning, record keeping, scheduling, etc. would be my next priority after menu planning. Let me start by giving you a bit of Continue Reading
Summer is generally thought of as a break, a vacation from the drudgery of school, schedules and 9 to 5 life. It brings to mind carefree mornings of sleeping late; lazy days spent sunning by the pool or at the beach; fun trips to the zoo or museums; late night movies and popcorn; and happy children, laughing and eating ice cream on the front porch. But the part of summer many moms refuse to admit exists, and certainly don’t want to Continue Reading
This post was most recently updated on April 21st, 2018 I bought a fancy ‘grown up’ camera last summer. It was on QVC as the ‘Today’s Special Value’, and it was a deal I couldn’t pass up. (Don’t judge – QVC is awesome and awesome people like me shop there.) Since then I’ve been taking pictures of pretty much everything around The Farm – kids, animals, scenery, dirt. In an effort to be able to Continue Reading
This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015I am a home schooling mom of four. Well, three and a half really, since the youngest is only 16 months. But he is learning every day from the older three, so I think that counts. Let’s say four, then. Okay. Glad we got that established. This is middle of our fourth year home schooling – we started when our oldest son was entering 4th grade Continue Reading
